Fragment of a private account listing household purchases, chiefly foodstuffs such as eggs, radish oil, small fish and bread, together with wormwood and a pack-saddle, with sums in silver drachmas and talents. It dates to the early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
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[…] […] silver […]
for a pack-saddle, silver 2,000 (?)
for wormwood, 2 talents
for eggs, silver 8
for radish oil, silver 17
for other eggs, silver 8
for annona bread (?), silver 8
for radish oil, silver 8
for small fish, 1 talent
for morsels of bread (?) of the […], 1 talent
for radish oil, silver 18
for […], talents […]
for white ointment (?), 1 talent, drachmas […]
for […], silver 8
for small entrails (?), silver […] […]
for radish oil, silver […]
for pastilles (?), silver […]
for radish oil, silver […]
for amber (?) […]
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The large talent sums reflect the heavy inflation of the early 4th century. Several items (annonikon, leukomennion, entryskon, ψωμίων τῆς οννα) are of uncertain meaning; 'annonikon' may refer to bread or goods connected with the annona.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Private Account). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.